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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11522
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14645
13 Actual Demand 11231
14 Aggregate Planning 12262
15 Air Cargo 10108
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6672
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34899
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15351
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19323
20 Assembly Line 22500
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23005
22 Average Speed of Answer 26582
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23184
24 Batch Production 38450
25 Bill Discounting 14568
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11259
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7173
28 Blanket Release 10048
29 Bonded Warehouse 10083
30 Booking Number 13835
31 Bottleneck 9553
32 Buffer Stock 59356
33 Build to Stock 13045
34 Bullwhip Effect 9698
35 Business Logistics 25788
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12590
37 Capacity Management 40626
38 Capacity Utilization 14136
39 Capital Intensive 8439
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8776
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12167
42 Certified Supplier 8981
43 Channel Effectiveness 8950
44 Co-Destiny 9323
45 Co-managed Inventory 12588
46 Co-Packers 11802
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6903
48 Computer-Based Training 7710
49 Consular Invoice 19834
50 Container Depot 10628
51 Container Freight Station 10297
52 Continuous Replenishment 19592
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12108
54 Contract Carrier 7331
55 Contract of Affreightment 11440
56 Control Charts 7980
57 Cost Flow 10294
58 Courier Service 15277
59 CPFR 8245
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11827
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44216
62 Date Code 18274
63 Days of Supply 19867
64 Dead on Arrival 9352
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7331
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8138
67 Detective Control 8930
68 Devanning 14236
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10989
70 Dispatching 24570
71 Distributed Inventory 8378
72 Distribution Channel Management 34818
73 Distribution Metrics 9148
74 Distribution Planning 24230
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15250
76 Double Marginalization 52798
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22412
78 Dual 5459
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20640
80 Echelon Inventory 26242
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38297
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49799
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7637
84 Efficient Frontier 25530
85 Engineer-to-Order 31795
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16563
87 Erlang B Formula 9368
88 ETD 8349
89 Ex Works 7853
90 Exception Rate 13522
91 Exponential smoothing 9846
92 External Growth 10106
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9539
94 Field Services 7760
95 Field Warehouse 10560
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8801
97 Fishbone Diagram 14634
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27087
99 Flow Through Distribution 12340
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8201
101 FOB Destination 13064
102 Forward buying 30222
103 Freight Charge 10431
104 Freight Consolidation 7550
105 Gantt Chart 8310
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11758
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29621
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12717
109 Hub 23471
110 Idle Time 8088
 
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